DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/09 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.1 - - 63.3 - - 58.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 37 - - 3 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 749 - - 634 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 920 - - 921 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1638 - - 1523 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 755 - - 1130 - - 357 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 134 - - 66 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 171 - - 057 - - 106 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1602 - - 119 - - -1044 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3240 - - 1404 - - 1981 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6247 - - -3010 - - -8125 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7885 - - 4533 - - 9062 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 100 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 620 - - 830 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.1 - - 63.3 - - 58.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.3 - - 60.2 - - 53.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 65.0 - - 63.3 - - 60.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.2 - - 59.8 - - 52.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 37 - - 3 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 749 - - 634 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 86 - - 101 - - 55 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 9 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 97405 49 247 42 258 38 248 97405 90227 33 255 35 240 30 272 90227 84677 23 244 22 244 23 253 84677 80034 13 261 14 266 13 250 80034 75993 9 262 14 261 8 276 75993 72397 10 260 12 266 11 300 72397 69147 14 265 17 251 16 295 69147 66180 19 269 23 265 22 279 66180 63436 22 269 28 266 27 265 63436 60769 29 281 34 277 32 272 60769 57986 43 280 41 279 37 273 57986 55107 54 272 51 278 48 278 55107 52379 63 265 67 267 64 271 52379 49941 65 260 75 259 71 262 49941 47758 61 260 76 256 75 258 47758 45775 58 263 69 258 71 252 45775 43955 59 269 62 262 60 248 43955 42269 63 272 59 270 51 260 42269 40705 63 276 60 275 51 273 40705 39249 68 277 57 277 48 278 39249 37880 69 272 54 279 44 282 37880 36553 68 266 52 280 42 286 36553 35200 68 254 49 281 41 286 35200 33795 67 246 48 283 41 285 33795 32342 61 247 46 287 40 291 32342 30826 57 259 43 280 37 295 30826 29231 54 270 44 274 36 294 29231 27558 51 272 41 276 36 297 27558 25807 48 272 38 277 37 296 25807 23979 42 275 38 279 36 291 23979 22079 38 278 39 281 34 290 22079 20100 39 283 39 283 34 292 20100 18035 36 282 42 286 33 291 18035 15929 36 282 42 286 35 289 15929 13896 40 283 36 284 33 283 13896 12042 43 277 31 281 29 276 12042 10393 33 274 31 272 24 265 10393 8926 18 274 34 257 27 247 8926 7621 13 268 38 242 27 239 7621 6459 18 263 33 225 26 236 6459 5428 20 251 25 197 25 227 5428 4520 16 235 19 185 22 202 4520 3723 14 222 14 184 25 183 3723 3013 13 210 8 175 25 169 3013 2387 14 201 4 137 24 153 2387 1866 13*190 4*075 22 136 1866 1468 9*172 6*058 20 121 1468 1196 9 171 6 058 17 113 1196 1031 8 170 6 056 14*110 1031 937 6 170 5 056 7*106 937 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography